A/HRC/RES/34/8 2. Expresses its concern that terrorists and terrorist groups have targeted Governments, communities and individuals, including on the basis of religion and/or ethnicity; 3. Expresses concern at the alarming number of victims caused by the escalating level of terrorist attacks throughout the globe, resulting in numerous casualties and destruction; 4. Acknowledges that terrorist attacks have a grave impact on the economy and can harm several economic sectors, including the financial sector and tourism industry, thus hampering the full realization of human rights, fundamental freedoms and development; 5. Recognizes that terrorism affects the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights, especially by diverting foreign direct investment, reducing capital inflows, destroying infrastructure, hindering public investment, limiting trade, impeding economic growth and increasing security costs; 6. Reaffirms the primary responsibility of States to protect persons in their territory by preventing and countering terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, in full compliance with their international law obligations, and urges States, while countering terrorism, to respect and protect all human rights; 7. Strongly condemns terrorist acts and violence committed against civilians by terrorist groups and the continued systematic and widespread abuses of human rights perpetrated by such groups, reaffirms that terrorism cannot and should not be associated with any religion, nationality or civilization, and urges the international community to do all it can to prevent any political, logistic or financial support from reaching terrorist groups; 8. Expresses concern at the increase in kidnapping and hostage-taking with demands for ransom and/or political concessions being made by terrorist groups, and expresses the need to address this issue; 9. Reiterates the obligation of States to prevent and suppress the financing of terrorist acts, including ransom payment, and to criminalize the wilful provision or collection by any means, directly or indirectly, of funds by their nationals or in their territories with the intention that the funds be used, or with the knowledge that they are to be used, to carry out terrorist acts; 10. Reaffirms the obligation of States to refrain from supporting terrorist groups in establishing propaganda platforms inciting to hatred and violence through electronic or satellite means or any other media on their territory; 11. Urges States to take appropriate measures to duly investigate the incitement, preparation or perpetration of acts of terrorism, and to bring to justice those engaged in such acts in accordance with national criminal laws and procedures and international human rights law, as applicable; 12. Also urges States to adopt rehabilitation and reintegration strategies for returning foreign terrorist fighters, in line with the good practices set out in the HagueMarrakech Memorandum on Good Practices for a More Effective Response to the Foreign Terrorist Fighter Phenomenon of the Global Counterterrorism Forum, and to adopt a comprehensive approach that includes the development of national centres for counsel and de-radicalization that can play an important role along with criminal justice responses, and in this regard welcomes the role of the Mohamed bin Naif Counselling and Care Centre in countering terrorist ideologies and activities; 13. Expresses its concern at the increasing use, in a globalized society, by terrorists and their supporters of information and communications technology, in particular 4